Top Rogue Feats for Baldur's Gate 3 Revealed

Choosing to play as a Rogue in *Baldur’s Gate 3* is an excellent decision. These cunning and stealthy characters excel in the game, capable of delivering exceptional damage. To help you optimize your Rogue, let's delve into the best feats that will enhance their abilities and make them a formidable force on the battlefield.

Top 10 Feats for the Rogue in BG3

Here are the ten best Rogue feats in BG3:

1. Sharpshooter
2. Skilled
3. Athlete
4. Tough
5. Mobile
6. Alert
7. Dungeon Delver
8. Crossbow Expert
9. Lucky
10. Savage Attacker

Sharpshooter

Sharpshooter is a transformative feat for Rogues who favor long-range combat. It enables you to disregard cover, extend your attack range, and boost your attack damage by 10, though it comes with a -5 penalty to hit. With Sharpshooter, your Rogue becomes a formidable sniper, striking targets with deadly precision and enhanced power, making it an ideal choice for maximizing ranged combat effectiveness.

Skilled

The Skilled feat provides remarkable versatility for Rogues, allowing you to gain proficiency in any combination of three skills or tools. Whether you aim to master stealth, acrobatics, and sleight of hand, or become your party's locksmith, tracker, and appraiser, this feat lets you customize your Rogue's abilities to suit your preferred playstyle. Skilled boosts your Rogue's adaptability and expertise, making them indispensable in various scenarios.

Athlete

The Athlete feat improves a Rogue's agility and finesse. It eliminates the additional movement cost for climbing and standing up from prone, and enables running jumps with just a 5-foot run-up. These enhancements make your Rogue more adept at navigating terrain, evading traps, and leaping over obstacles, ensuring they can move with elegance and speed in any situation. You also receive a +1 to Strength or Dexterity.

Tough

Even the sneakiest Rogues can't avoid taking damage in Baldur’s Gate 3. Whether you fail a roll or get caught in a large area-of-effect attack, you'll need to ensure your Rogue remains standing to keep dealing damage and winning battles. Tough isn't essential, but it's incredibly beneficial for your Rogue. It grants you a significant increase in hit points, enhancing your survivability. Combined with the Rogue's natural evasiveness, you become much harder to take down.

Mobile

If you're aiming for a hit-and-run Rogue, Mobile is an excellent choice. You can dash in to strike a target, then swiftly retreat without repercussions. It also aids in ranged duels, allowing you to snipe an enemy and then safely move out of their reach.

Alert

As a Rogue, being caught off guard can lead to a quick demise, especially without feats like Tough to bolster your defenses. The Alert feat helps keep your Rogue safe and maintains their valuable damage output. The bonus to initiative is also highly beneficial in general.

Dungeon Delver

Baldur’s Gate 3 is packed with traps, locked doors, and chests. Utilizing the Dungeon Delver feat on your Rogue, who is already adept at handling these challenges, simplifies your journey. You'll detect most traps before they trigger, disable them with ease, and unlock most doors without breaking a sweat. It's a highly convenient quality-of-life feat for your Rogue outside of combat.

Crossbow Expert

Crossbow Expert is my top pick for Rogue feats. If you haven't yet tried wielding a crossbow in Baldur’s Gate 3, you're missing out on a game-changer. Equip your Rogue with a superior crossbow and this feat to create a devastating damage dealer. With Crossbow Expert, you can use your crossbow's sneak attack at close range without worrying about melee combat. Your sneak attacks also deal more damage at all ranges, and it's undeniably cool to be a crossbow-wielding Rogue.

Lucky

Lucky is a versatile feat that benefits any class and build in BG3. You have three Luck Points, which you can use to gain advantage on Attack Rolls, Ability Checks, or Saving Throws, increasing your chances of success. You can also use a Luck Point to force an enemy to reroll their attack, potentially turning a hit into a miss. Since these points replenish after each Long Rest, feel free to use them liberally.

Savage Attacker

For a melee-focused build, Savage Attacker is a must-have feat. When you make a melee attack, you roll the damage dice twice and take the higher result. Paired with your Rogue's sneak attacks, you'll deal substantial damage and maintain that output even when you can't use a sneak attack.

These are the best feats to transform your *Baldur’s Gate 3* Rogue into a powerhouse capable of dealing as much damage as they can withstand. If you have a different loadout, I'd love to hear about it. Meanwhile, for more tips on enhancing your survival chances in the game, explore our comprehensive range of guides.

*Baldur’s Gate 3 is available now on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.*

*The above article was updated on 2/7/2025 by Melissa Sarnowski to include additional information about Baldur’s Gate 3.*